Tornadoes, Large Hail, Flooding All Possible For Texas

Weather · May 26, 2026 · 87 words

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What to know about Tornadoes, Large Hail, Flooding All Possible For Texas

The article provides a weather alert for southwestern Texas, warning of potential tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds. It also notes a flood threat across most of the state due to storms moving east over saturated ground.

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Tornadoes, Large Hail, Flooding All Possible For Texas Tornadoes, Large Hail, Flooding All Possible For Texas5 days ago Updated: May 26, 2026, 7:40 am EDTPublished: May 26, 2026, 7:21 am EDTSevere storms are possible in southwestern Texas today, with…

Why it matters

There is a flood threat in place across almost the entire state as storms will move east overnight drenching areas that are already saturated.

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Severe storms are possible in southwestern Texas today.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://weather.com/2026/05/26/storms/severe/video/texas-forecast-severe-flood-t…

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Propaganda Score

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Low risk. This article shows minimal use of propaganda techniques.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Severe storms are possible in southwestern Texas today”

CORROBORATED

Multiple independent web sources confirm that severe storms were possible/forecast for Texas on May 26, 2026, specifically mentioning western and southwestern regions.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From the evening of May 16, 2024, to midday May 17, 2024, a derecho struck the Gulf Coast of the United States from Southeast Texas to Florida, causing widespread damage, particularly in the city of H…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Houston_derecho

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tornado Alley, also known as Tornado Valley, is a loosely defined location of the central United States where tornadoes are most frequent. The term was first used in 1952 as the title of a research pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_Alley

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2026. Strong and destructive tornadoes most frequently form in the United States, China, the La Plata Basin, the European Plain…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornadoes_of_2026

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Claim 2: “storms will move east overnight drenching areas that are already saturated”

SINGLE SOURCE

One web search result explicitly states that a broken line of thunderstorms was expected to move across North and Central Texas into the overnight hours on 5.26.26. While other sources confirm storms, the specific detail about moving east overnight into saturated areas is only clearly detailed in one source.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In February 2021, the state of Texas suffered a major power crisis, which came about during three severe winter storms sweeping across the United States on February 10–11, 13–17 (known as Winter Storm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Texas_power_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 1980 to the present, 82 tropical or subtropical cyclones affected the U.S. state of Texas. According to David Roth of the Weather Prediction Center, a tropical cyclone makes landfall along the co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Texas_hurricanes_(1980…

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Claim 3: “There is a flood threat in place across almost the entire state”

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Multiple sources confirm a significant flood threat across Texas on May 26, 2026, including a report from FOX Weather via Armstrong & Getty and a flood watch for coastal counties from FOX 26 Houston.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the afternoon hours of May 27, 1997, a large, slow-moving and intense F5 tornado caused extreme damage across portions of the Jarrell, Texas area. Known most frequently as the Jarrell tornado, it k…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarrell_tornado

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — May is an unincorporated community in Brown County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, May had a population of 277. May was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1981, with marker…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May,_Texas

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Preceded by more than a week of heavy rain, a slow-moving storm system dropped tremendous precipitation across much of Texas and Oklahoma during the nights of May 24–26, 2015, triggering record-breaki…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_and_floods_of…

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Claim 4: “tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds all possible for cities like Laredo, Midland, San Antonio and Austin”

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Two separate web sources explicitly mention the threat of tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds for Texas on May 26, 2026, with one source specifically listing cities like Laredo.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of former sports teams from the US state of Texas:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_Texas_sports_t…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Texas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_athletic_progr…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The U.S. state of Texas has long been a center for musical innovation and is the birthplace of many notable musicians. Texans have pioneered developments in Tejano and Conjunto music, rock 'n roll, We…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Texas

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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.